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ing worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

The clavicle.

Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort. [Colloq. Souther U. S.]

Wearing a collar. "Collared with gold." Chaucer.

A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.

To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

ard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.

Braids, collectively; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.

nishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing by compression, as in making paper collars.

A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.

A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written carkenet and carcant.] Shak.

etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xylonite.

A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.

A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast. [Colloq.]

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter